John Shute (died 1563) was an English artist and architect who was born in
Cullompton,
Devon
Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...
. His book, ''The First and Chief Grounds of Architecture'', was the first work in English on classical architecture.
[Morris p.46] Shute's patron was
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504Loades 2008 – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane ...
, for whom he built a residential wing at
Dudley Castle
Dudley Castle is a ruins, ruined castle, fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Originally, a wooden motte and bailey castle built soon after the Norman Conquest, it was rebuilt as a stone fortifica ...
.
He was also known as a painter of
miniatures.
See also
*
Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England, managed by English Heritage; much of it is in ruins. The castle was founded after the Norman Conquest of 1066; with development through to the Tudor period. It ...
Notes
References
*Morris, R. K. (2010): ''Kenilworth Castle'' English Heritage
Further reading
*Shute, John (1563)
''The first and chief groundes of architecture used in all the auncient and famous monymentes & with a farther & more ample discouse uppon the same, than hitherto hath been set out by any other''
Year of birth missing
1563 deaths
Architects from Devon
16th-century English painters
English male painters
16th-century English architects
People from Cullompton
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